TY - CHAP A1 - Kumar, Dinesh ED - Lazebna, Nataliia ED - Kumar, Dinesh T1 - A Brief Historical and Present Perspective of ELT in India T2 - Studies in Modern English N2 - English language is being taught as a second foreign language in India. For most of the learners in India, English still a foreign language or target language. The study of this language is important to fulfill different kinds of academic and professional requirements. Still, there is a big gulf between demand and supply for which the failure of the system is largely responsible as its main emphasis on to adherence to the foreign curriculum. The government tries to impose this curriculum on English teachers, but, in fact, the curriculum is outdated. KW - learner KW - language KW - curriculum KW - foreign KW - majority Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296434 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ali, Zuraina ED - Lazebna, Nataliia ED - Kumar, Dinesh T1 - A Case Study of the Basic Learners’ Struggles in Guessing from Context to Retain Words Learned T2 - Studies in Modern English N2 - Guessing meaning from context is a challenging strategy for Second Language Learners (SLLs). In using the strategy, research found that poor students or low proficiency learners struggled in their attempts to use it. Mainly, it was reported that it was due to their vocabulary knowledge was limited. In another aspect, retaining vocabulary learnt is also important. Such is essential since learning vocabulary does not mean knowing the definition only. Yet, learners must also be able to use the vocabulary as they engage in language skills such as reading, writing, speaking and listening. The study aims at finding the hindrances faced among poor students’ using contextual clues in retaining vocabulary. The study employed a case study to collect data from two basic students studying at a tertiary level. The study found that their hindrances in guessing meaning contexts were due to their being confused in guessing meaning when reading a sentence. Also, it was found that they were not able to find clues since they lacked vocabulary to guess correctly. The study implied that guessing meaning from context required sizeable vocabulary knowledge. Therefore, more training is necessary to assist basic learners in being successful in guessing from contexts. KW - contextual clues KW - basic learners KW - vocabulary KW - vocabulary retention KW - vocabulary knowledge Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296529 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kellen Ribeiro Weng, Ana A1 - De Toni, Plinio Marco ED - Lazebna, Nataliia ED - Kumar, Dinesh T1 - Differences and Similarities between the Fields of Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition T2 - Studies in Modern English N2 - No abstract available. KW - bilingualism KW - second language acquisition Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296447 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lazebna, Nataliia A1 - Prykhodko, Anatoliy ED - Lazebna, Nataliia ED - Kumar, Dinesh T1 - English-language Digital Discourse of Human-Machine Communication T2 - Studies in Modern English N2 - The paper focuses on digital discourse. This is a speech-intellectual product of innovative information technologies, a phenomenon, which needs further interdisciplinary and linguistic interpretation. The English-language digital discourse shows how linguistic verbal communication is mediated by digits and to what extent these Signum and Verbum unity reigns over the world. The paper analyzes the ways and methods of integrated and differential use of verbal and non-verbal sign systems in the English language as compared to programming languages, considering the types of synchronous changes in the socio-cultural dimension of the sign. This research describes the processes of signs transformation during their functioning in programming languages and in the English language, common and distinctive features in the arrangement of grammatical, lexical-semantic, and graphic means of (natural) English and (artificial) programming languages in their projection on different modes of communication in the system Human ↔ Machine. Programming languages are constituted by verbal means of the English language with additional use of its own semiotic resources, which testifies to their integrative linguistic and mathematical nature. The specific representation of ElDD conveys its reciprocal nature when the English language using its own tools combines them with the elements of the programming languages thus creating an effective toolkit for self-process KW - English-language digital discourse KW - linguistics KW - semiotics KW - digit KW - text processing KW - programming languages Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296468 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lut, Kateryna A1 - Starenkova, Hanna ED - Lazebna, Nataliia ED - Kumar, Dinesh T1 - The Relationship between Language, Culture, and Development of Society T2 - Studies in Modern English N2 - The paper analyses specific characteristics of language that influence the development of culture and societies. The problem of the connection between language and culture has occupied the minds of many famous scientists: some believe that language is a part of the culture as a whole; others think that language is only a form of cultural expression. Undoubtedly, language constitutes a vital component of the cultural background underlying social development. Language is an essential means of communication and interaction. However, language is at the same time sovereign about culture as a whole and can be separate from culture or compared to culture as an equal element (i.e., that language is neither a form nor a component of culture). KW - language KW - culture KW - expression KW - development KW - communication KW - interaction KW - component KW - social KW - connection KW - background Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296484 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lubbungu, Jive A1 - Moonga, Ireen A1 - Muyuni, Audrey A1 - Zimba, Samson ED - Lazebna, Nataliia ED - Kumar, Dinesh T1 - English Language Variation: Creation of Zambian English (ZamEnglish) T2 - Studies in Modern English N2 - In the present chapter, an attempt has been made to discuss the need to create Zambian English to address English language variations in Zambia. No language in the world can remain the same after interacting with other languages. The present chapter intends to propose and support the idea of using ‘Zambian English’ for both formal and informal business. Such a measure would create the communicative competence that the majority of the Zambians have always longed for. In Zambia, the purpose of using English language office is to deliberate day to day’s business. On the contrary, this has been found to be an obstacle to those who lack principles of command in the language usage, but are able to construct sentences for communicative purposes yet are deprived in international interactions. The views expressed in this chapter are those of the language experts who were engaged in a conver� sation with regard to the possibility of creating what would be known as Zambian English (ZamEnglish). KW - Zambian English KW - language variation KW - speech community Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296477 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER -